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ILLEGAL. SAYS GOVERNOR. BKMKVKS I K.IM \Toils SHOtLD SiYT HOLD Till ST HKS II H*. In M.>,^r governor llb-a-a* Mum taina Provision of 1'oiistltutlnu Relative to Holding of Tvmi Official Position? of Honor or Profit are Being DtNr??garde?i by Members of Lrgtuiatare ? Urges Investigation. Referee also to Allcgvd Practice of Hupn'iiu? t ourt. Columbia. Jan. 2s.?The General Asaemhly received an unexpected mes? sage from Governor Blease today. The purport of the communication is to prevent certain office-holders and members of the General Assembly, and perhaps Senator Tlllman. from being trustees of certain educational intatituttons. The message deals with the Su? preme Court and Its adjournment, ad of which Is spicy and Interesting. The message, as submitted, reads Message No. 7. 8tate of South Carolina. Executive Department. Message No. 7? To the Honorable, the General As ssmbly of the State of South Carolina ?Gentlemen; We hear and read much these days of the obedience to the Constitution and laws of our State; also m?"h as to the enforcement ol the laws of our State. It would seem to me eminently proper that these doctrines should * be carried Into effect as far as it Is! possible by all of the office;? and citiaena of our State. Beginning, however, at the top. it would seem to me that those who are in power and authority should first, themselves, I be obedient and endeavor to carry Into effect and to uphold the Constitution and the laws of our State. In order that a proper example may be set to the others of our cltlsens. It is Intimated by gome that our Supreme Court extends one of its see- J sions or terms, into or up to the very j day of the beginning of the next. In order that they may hold their de? cisions and hand them down when It la convenient, without any interference from a constitutional or statutory pro? vision. Sitting In each of your bodies there err those vf o>tln? not only the spirit, J but the wording of the Constitution, in ^ my opinion, by holding two official of? fices at one and the same time. I can call the names of rath, and nam?1 the positions which they bold; bttt-j this might be considered a personal t matter, and I leave that entirely for your investigation. Article I, 8ectlon 24, of the Con? stitution of 1815, reads as follows: "No person shall be eligible to a seat In the General Assembly while he holds any office or position of profit or trust under this State, the United | State* of America, or any of them, or j under any other power, except officers ? I In the militia and notaries public, ( and if any mOTJlhor ?hall accept sj exercise anv of 11 1 d s.|uallfying off' ? * or positions he shall vacate his! seat." M mbers of the boord of trustees of all our College?, memh? rs of the hoard In control of the State Reformatory ( and member* of all other State boards. In my opinion, are officers, and when mem- ers are sworn Into your body w b- r ans .>?? tin se !.-,K hi in) ? p'nlon. they should resign. The position of trustee (? lthef life or elected) of Clemson College Is de? clared by our Supreme Court, In th^ I ease of Hopkins against OttSsSasj Col? lege trufttea*, 77 South Carolina, to be ' officers and agents of the State, and gives Its reasons for so holding, and. 1 am mg the reasons which It gives for j savin* that the\ are agents of Co State and officer*, and that under the original A? t accepting the Clennon hemmst i">d cre.ituifc < M, ms-m College, provision la made that the trustee* ol MM Institution shall consist of life members ami those elected by the Legislature, and that the > shall hold j the personal property of the Slat" of | South Carolina and make annual :e-| port- to the General Assembly. '"urther. In 1h?u the Lj gMa|ir?s passed an Act abolish ng tin- depart? ing nt of agriculture, and dOVOl' lag the duties ,.f that department on the IftSB" tees, and. In my opinion, this BJtekei them officers of this State. Furthermore, a ISJsdotpSjIitj was created l v the Legislature In l*Jl. to be known as "t'l< mson College,*1 and the hoard of trustees of Clems -n Col? lege, and their successors in otllcc, S%8*tM ha\e pro\ ist ?nal control and ^?r.ct the affairs of said corporation. It || admitted In th?? Hopkins suit that Ctesnoosi Ootsssjs is the property of the St.ite of South Carolina, atid that work done, >n ??<count of which the stilt was brought, was done by said State's trustee**, its agents and employees, duly authorized by said State. Artl< le -'. Seetion J. ,,f the ( \mstl tutlon. provides: "But no pSJffJBjSJ ihall hold two ..f fires of honor or profit at tin sine time: Provided, that any p i W i hold Ing another office may .it tl. ? MSJH time be an offleer In the mi.itla or a notary public." Nuw, k? ntlernen, these two sections of the Constitution are being openly and flagrantly violated day by day; and, if you permit It as the direct r< pr?sedatives of the sovereign peo? ple, and thereby show to the citizens of your State that you yourselves are not complying with the laws of your State, how do you expect to keep the uninformed from following your ex? ample? If the father does not want his boy to have bad habits and go In the path of wrong, he should not Ml the example In the presence of the boy; and, If he does, he should not whip his boy, because it is but natural that the boy should want to do as his father does. If the ministers and the teachers set an improper example, and those to be taught by them shall fol? low In their footsteps, they should neither condemn nor punish. 1 therefore, most earnestly beg of you to appoint a committee, or to have one of your standing committees, thoroughly Investigate all of the de? partments of your Government and see who Is violating these two sections of our Constitution; and let those who are violating them resign, one or the other of their positions, and not be ??l?euly violating the law, under the cloak of a technicality, a technicality like that which we so often hear con? demned by the press and public, when it Is used to advantage in our Courts of Justice. I feel that I have done my duty in calling this matter to your attention, as I often hear It commented on I y others, and not favorably, I ass;re you. If you shall no nothing, I have done my part. I have absolutely no personal Interest in the matter, and some of my very close personal and political friends are involved, but 1 believe In enforcing the Constitution and lawa of our State alike to all?of? ficials and private citizens; rich or poor; high or low; white or black. Very respectfully, Cole L. Blease, Governor. IT PLEASES ALL. So Says Mayor Glbbcs of the Commis? sion Government. Hock Hill, Jan. 27.?Mayor W. H. Glbbes of Columbia was the guest of the local chamber of commerce here tonight and delivered an address on "Commission Government." The oc sssion vag the annual banquet of this body of bnatnaai men, served at the Carolina hotel. Mr. Glbbes nag Introduced by Alexander Long, the to wlj Sle< president of the chamber and his address was an intensely interesting one, delivered with an amount of human interest, showing that he was thoroughly alive to the possibilities and advatages of this form of gov? ernment as he finds It in Columbia. He Illustrated to his hearers how absolutely necessary It is to have real brains In all dej rtments of a city government and that cities must he not only willing but able to hire the r'ght kind of brains to run their bus? iness. ' Hi Hktned Kock um to any large l-usin. ss eorporntion and showed how necessary It is to have the men of right expertsnca Hi depreciated the tendem > of citizens everywhere. to oamplalg of poor government by m n who g. t little or nothing for their ?TV-lose, holding that it alwayi lies in tin- bands ol tie- peopli to better theli m of government. Naturally he was a strong advocate of the < Dmmimton form and claimed that n bad raised Columbia out of what amounted to an abyss of finan? cial dsennit and had gtveq the capi? tal city of the State the very best government she had ever had. He olalmed that In thS marly 100 cities which had adopted commission government in the past few years not ? single allegation of graft had ever Keen made, much leaf sustained, and that in every case each city had shown a signal clear net gain In linan ? i tl resources. He explained In detail how com mission government is worked out in Columbls and said that the only citi? zens there w ho are not satisfied are a few "soreheads," a type to be found In ail communities which try to stand for progress. Mr. Glbbes' address was listened to with deep Interest and be was warmly applauded upon its conclusion. - Mill HAD ?LANDER??KILLED, I _ Vigorous Efforts to stamp out i>is reac in Lee, Lynchburg, .Fan. |0,?A valuable mule, belonging to John T, Tall an, v\.is today killed h) State Veterinar? ian Pee ley beeauas it bad glanders. The stabling and fences were burned ami tin- rest of the stock, on the place rigidly quarantined ami ail tin- prem* bSNI disinfected. Mr. Fealty Informs The News and Courier correspondent thai this is the thirteenth ease of glanders disc >vered in Lee County during ths past six months, and rigorous measures are . !>? Ins taken to stamp It out. McGURDY BREAKS RECORDS. MISSES BUOCKBSFfTL FLIGHT TO HAVANA BY TEN MILES. However, Mark Sot by Curtiss Blrd mnn Ii the Ik'M. for an Over-Water Flight in an Aeroplane?Picked up by l\ S. S. Paulding?Termination Of Flight CtattSCd by Lark of Sulll oftent Imbricating oil?An Aooouat of the Trip. Key West. Fla., Jan. 30.?Six days of anxiety and waiting for a favor? able turn in weather conditions end? ed this morning for J. A. D. McCurdy, the aviator, who today crossed the starting line at 7.32 o'clock on his Journey across the Florida Straits to Havana, the longest over-water flight yet attempted in the history of avia? tion. He passed from the sight of those on this side of the channel within fifteen minutes, and the next heard of him was that he had been forced to descend in the water ten miles from Havana by a shortage of oil. Mc? Curdy and his machine were uninjur? ed and were picked up by the torpedo boat destroyer Paulding and taken to Havana. Despite the many disappointments to the public, Mr. McCurdy did not lack for spectators when he started and gave every one who witnessed his flight the sensations they were ex? pecting. When satisfactory reports on the weather had been received, the aviator climbed Into his Curtiss biplane and waved the signal to re? lease him, the aeroplane glided grace? fully down the field for a hundred feet or more, and then rose Into the air. After reaching a height of about 500 feet, McCurdy turned his machine and circled over th* cUy. The ocean front was lined with cheering thous? ands as he passed, while other thous? ands filled roofs, open fields and oth? er places of vantage He then made another circle of the city, while flying 1,000 feet in the air, and on return? ing to a point above the aviation field, was given the signal to start on his flight to Havana. Acting on instructions from the navy department, Lieut. Commander Sterling, In command of the torpedo destroyer fleet here, has rendered every possible aid to the afrlator and seven naval vessels were stationed i ~'~-r- "nnwip when McCurdy start? ed, as s< on as hi a*ai lighted by the 0TCW of a r ?i, thi Vt SSfl Steenv i tuend, bul McCurdy, maintaining a j spe d oi' nearly 60 miles an hour soon oststrlpped them all and it then became a race to see which would reach Havana first. This afternoon, McCurdy's camp here was dismantled and his equipment wdll be shipped at once to Havana Capt. Wilts, of the marine corps, proceeded to the railroad terminal, from which the start was to be made An order was posted to raise the American flag to the top of the wire loss mast, over 200 feet hlffhi as a signal that tin- weather conditions wer.- such as to permit of the Might. At 1:40 a. m. there was not enouyh wind to move the flag. McCurdy had been notified and was soon at the terminal ready to start. While the last details were billig iook< d after McCurdy stood about calmly smoking a pipe. He looked COOl snd COnfidint At 6:4B the ma? chine was rolled Into place, and live minutes after the big steam whistle j.t the ice factory woks up the town w*ih a tremendous blast, and al? most the entire population rushed through the streets for the starting P?.int. It is estimrted that fully 1?, 000 PiOpli raw the start. Mayor F > garty, With the entire police force, had gr at difficulty in keeping an open BpaCi of (00 f?t so that a start COUld be made. McCurdy took his place in the ma? chine, an assistant oiled the propeller and tlo n gave it a number of whirls. Four men held thi machine while Mc? Curdy tested the motor by starting and stopping it. McCurdy adjusted Iiis h< adgiar, his assistants whirled the pr rpeller, the motor was started and the machine was off at a fast gait, running along tin- ground, it r;.:i nearly the length of the open space, and then arose in the air to? ward the east. The flight is for a prize of $6,000 of? fered by the Havana Post and $3, 000 appropriated by the Havana c >un cii. As soon as the aviator had dis? appeared from view the crowd rush? ed about the nlrelsss station und awaited reports by wireless. When the news came that he hail passed the third station a vigor ms cheer wenl up. As the moments Hew and no fur tier reports came, the crowd grew anxious, ami gathered shout the cable office to wait for rep ots from Havana. it was estimated thai McCurdy Should have reached Havana by 1" o'clock, and when thai hour passe?! and still no news great uneasiness was ex pressed. Then came a win less that the In trepld bird-man had fallen into tie ? sea. and a groan went up from thi crowd. Finally cams thi news that McCurdy had been forced to alight on the water because of o shortage i of oil, and that neither he nor his j j machine had been injured, and the | cheering was renewed, mingled with expressions of regret that the attempt had failed when McCurdy was within sight of his goal. a chase: after two cents. Small Amount Lost Causes Much Trouble, Hut Is Found After I^ong Boa reft. Sometime ago, when the time came for sending in his report to the pn - per State official, one of the county official! found his books out ?f bal? ance with another county otficial with whom they should balance, if they had made no mistake in their book-keep? ing. Both officials went over their books very carefully, but the error was still there undiscovered. What made the matter worst- was that the error was only two cents, which, in itself, did not amount to anything material, but did make a difference in the book? keeping. Again and again were the books compared and gone over, and still the error was there; a difference of two cents kept the books from making the desired balance. Nothing was found wrong and at last, after both of the officials had spent much of their own and the county's time searching for the missing funds, it ami decided to mark the difference to undiscovered error and pass the re? port on up to the State official. About six months later a third county official was comparing his books with one of the other officials and he found that they lacked two cents of balancing. This time it was decided to thresh the maTttcr out for good and all and to find the error if it were possible to find It by hard and diligent search, so after they had gone over the hooks a couple of times without results tending to straighten out the error, they called In the third official and asked him to join in the search for the evasive "browniet." He was quite willing to comply and vindicate his former bookkeeping rec? ord, but the three of them went over the books with no better satisfaction than did the first two. Finally the first two officials gave up the search and the official whom they had called in to help them got the son of one of these officials to go over the books with him. They had finished the first naee and were tnrninar over to the I second page whan th re right before I the;I eyes, \\ .?,. Orror thU h.''d caused so much loss of time and so I much worry to the officials, In car? rying the amount forwaru iL iidu .<ccii changed from forty-two to forty-four cents and all this time it had re? mained there undiscovered, and a thorn in the flesh of the officials, so to speak. The same thing has happened re? cently In the office of the county su? perintendent of education. In straight? ening up the affairs of the office be? fore it passed from the retiring su? perintendent to the incoming one and in getting the books of the office bal? anced with the treasurer's office, it was found that tie re was a diff< ier.ee of |1.80 which could not be traced. The new super ntendent was anx? ious to get the error corrected bef ire he took charge of tin- ^<V>ks, while the old superintendent was equally anx? ious to get the books to balance be? fore he turned them over to the in? coming official. As it was they went over che books and compared the checks given 0|lt with the check ?tubs in the clo ck l ook, but nowhere was the error found. It seems a case like the other one. The mat? ter will be closed up t'??r the present, probably to be heard from again in the future, but until then it is Blmpiy one of those unexplalnable mistakes that happen to the lu st of a< o >unt ! ants sometimes during the course of tin lr work. HARTWELL AYF.R RESIGNS. (?l\os Up Place on Board of Florence Reformatory. i Columbia, Jan. ::i>. Mr. Hartwell M. \yer, editor and owner of the Florence Times ami member* of the house representatives from Flor? ence county, has resigned as a trustee of the South Carolina Industrial school at Florence, according to a note gi\< n to reporters at the gover? nor's office, Mr. Ayer'i successor has not been appoint) d. No announce? ment was made as to the reason for the resignation. Mr. Aver is in Flor? ence. RAN CONFEDERATE BLOCKADE. Ante Bellum Charleston Cttlsen Dies in Connecticut. Cheshire, Conn., Jan. '.*>>.? Blmer Qreen Dollttle, for man) years owner i of a stock farm here, died during l ist night i At the time Fort Bumter was tired upon, Mr. Dollttle was in business in Charleston. He, with friends, charter , ed a Vessel laden With ? ottoii atid, tin i der tin- British flag, ran the Confed? erate blockade ami sailed north Af? terwardfl he served in the Union army, SPECIAL SESSION NOT WANTED TAFT HOPES FOR QUICK ACTION ON RECIPROCITY. Is Confident, Nevertheless, Thai Pres? ent Congress Will Look Favorably on Agreement. Washington, Jan. 31.?President Taft refuses to discuss "extra session" in connection with the reciprocity agreement between the United States and Canada which he has recom? mended. He hopes that the present session will act favorably on the ques? tion. in conversation today he empha? sized his belief that reciprocity would he a pood thing for both countries, declaring that it would establish cur? rents of commerce which would bene? fit both the United States and Can? ada. ? The fears which were being ex? pressed in some quarters, he said, were ghosts which would melt away as soon as the agreement went into effect. The president declared that he had not talked with any one about the pissibility of an extra session in case the present congress 'ails to ratify the agreement He said he had not and did r.oi intend to hold out any threat.-: but that he was placing con fidenc ? in the present session. "Suffi? cient unto the day is the 'good' thereof," is the motto he had adopt? ed in the case. THE DRY GOODS MARKET. Irregular Volume of Trading in Cot? tons?Jobbers Doing Better TL an Last Year. New York, Jan. 29.?An irregular volume of trading is going on in cotton goods with jobbers showing more in trest than converters or the manufac? turing trades. On several lines the buying has been good but prices have been most unsatisfactory to the sell? ers because of the sustained high cost of production. Curtail of production is being forced because of inability of mills to take losses on goods and their unwilling? ness to go on selling spot goods at low prices as the goods accumulate. Jobbers have placed good orders for future deliveries of napped cottons which they were able to buy very close nellettes, opened during the past weak, the prices were substantially the same a>* s year ago, the ova ; tions bcuio on (anc; numbers which ad? vanced 1-lc a yard and the orders already placed will take up a large proportion of the possible output of leading mills. There has also been a good business in staple ginghams, dress ginghams to retail under 12 1-LY and percale to retail at 10c. Stapb prints are in steady request and wash goods sell well. The jobbers in this vicinity are do? ing a be ter business than a vear ago at this time. On drills and sheelings, fine combed yarn goods, duck, sev? eral lines of colored cottons avail? able for working .-suit::, etc., trade is poor although prices are distinctly in favor of the buying. Fall River sold 135,000 pieces of print cloths during the week, 45,000 being for spot delivery. Stocks arc reported to be generally low. SAX FRANCISCO WIN'S. House Votes for That City for Pana? ma Canal Exposition. Washington, Jan. 31.?The house today by a vote of lss to 1G9 decided in favor of San Francisco and against New < Orleans as the city In which an exposition to celebrate the opening ol the Panama canal in 1915 shall be held. This vote was taken on a roll call to determine whether the San Francisco resolution or the New Or? leans bill should have consideration in the house. On a final vote the San Francisco resolution was passed by a vote of 269 to IS. The advocates of San Francisco are Claiming tonight that tluir tight is won and that the senate will ratify the action of the house. San Francisco won by capturing the Republican vote in the house. New Orleans' support came from the Dem? ocrats. Only Republicans voted for New Orleans. Thirty-six Demo? crats voted f??r San Francisco. The San Francisco resolution does not ask for government aid in any form. It simply authorises the president of the United States to invite foreign nations to participate in the fair. An effort to amend the resolution to include provisions for an Inter? national naval parade from Hampton Raods through tho Panama canal and up the west coast to San Francis? co was defeated \m a parliamentary point of order. 'N ou are probably aware that pneu? monia always results from a CO Id, but you never heard of a cold resulting in pneumonia when* Cham'oe Iain's ' 'xiiuli Ucniedy aas used. Why take tbe risk when ibis remedy ma) be had for a ti i?. ? For sah ? rs. MARRIAGE LICENSE HILL PASSED Nicholson Bill ITiiglnfirird by Nichol? son und Opposition Led by Fraser. Columbia, Jan. 31.?Those who have for 20 years vainly tried to se? cure the enactment of a marriage li? cense law today succeeded, the House passing the Nicholson till and sub? stituting therefor the identical meas? ure already passed l>> the Senate. The law goes into effect next July, a li? cense will cost a dollar. Strict pen? alties for violation are provided. Nicholson led the agrument for the measure and Fraser of Sumter, who has fought licenses for 10 years, led the opposition. Ayer, Stevenson, Wat? son, Osb\)rne and Cary spoke for the hills. Those heard in opposition were: Fraser, Heiser and D. L. Smith. Test votes were taken upon Fraser's mo? tion to strike out the enacting words and lost 66 to 51, and Dixon's motion to continue the bill to next session was also lost 64 to 48. *When her child is in danger a woman will risk her life to protect it. No great act of heroism or risk of life is necessary to protect a child from croup. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and all danger is avoided. For sale by all dealers. Jerry Going Along. Columbia, Jan. 30.?Jerry Moore, of Winona, if slated to join the boosters for the corn show, to leave here Wed? nesday. The advance guard left to? day for Columbus. The object is to get the National Corn Show for Co? lumbia. ?How to cure a cold is a question 'n which many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its great reputation and immense sale by its remarkable cure of colds. It can alway3 be depended upon. For sale by all dealers. Little did South Carolina suspect ? few years back that it could hav< been worse.?Wilmington Star. *A piece of flannel dampeneu wit Chamberlain's Liniment and boun on to the affected parts is superior t any plaster. When troubled with lam back or pains in the side or chest gi\ it a trial and you are certain to t more than pleased with the promj relief which it affords. Sold by a dealers. cf^i (5fK> CJffoaf^ /fc> fifn dfli t|JU Offi afi > FIGURE IT OCT. Experience has undoubtedly shown y ?u cannot get something for noth ing?if you want cheap furniture you will find that ^he furniture will look cheap, will not give you one-tenth the satisfaction that a slightly higher priced article would?nor one-half the service. Good furniture is always a good in estment?our stocks show you only the best makes and combined with our showing we know you will find j prices unequalled for true economy. WTTHERSPOON BROS. FURNITURE COMP ANT. Resolutions arc in order. The best resolution for von to make is . to be on time for business, en? gagements, etc. during 1911, and the be^t way to do this is to pur I chase a Howard Watch. Abso? lutely dependable. W. A. Thompson,